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Our Commitment to Anti-Racism: Beyond Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: An introduction to CFC's commitment to supporting and progressing anti-racism

January 1, 2021

As an organization, CFC's purpose is "Relentlessly pursuing a future where everyone belongs." Without anti-racism, and confronting the inherent inequalities and discrimination in our society, it is not possible to create the true space of belonging that is needed and necessary for a just and equitable future.CFC has been a historically white-led organization. While this remains the case, ongoing programming has worked to engage and include input from Black, Indigenous and people of colour, on intersectionality and intersectional feminism, Indigenous resilience, and equity principles in emergency grantmaking. These have been starting points that have helped us further reflect on systemic racism in Canada, however we know we need to do more, and we need to help local community foundations do the same. During recent years, the organization has been privileged to grow and be able to support additional staff members, including Black, Indigenous and people of colour staff and board members who were welcomed to the team full-time, but the organization acknowledges that up until recent years, there has been limited Black, Indigenous or people of colour representation on our staff, board and in our program design.Given that we are still at the start of an anti-racism journey, we did not feel it was appropriate to share or market this package as a guidebook. Until we do more of our own inner work to address inherent systems of racism and white supremacy in our systems, we are not in a position to designate ourselves as leaders in this space.This invitation is not meant to be an exclusive guide, toolkit, or one-stop-shop for anti-racism materials for community foundations. Rather, this is a space to begin a conversation on the community foundation movement's shortcomings, and to take pause to reflect on where we need to go.

The Sustainable Development Goals and Your Community Foundation - Guidebook and Toolkit

August 6, 2020

This Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Guidebook and Toolkit is meant for staff and board members of community foundations at all stages of engaging with the SDGs.The Guidebook and Toolkit is intended to meet community foundations where they are at, to provide practical examples, ideas and steps for aligning current community foundation work with the SDGs, and to provide next steps to deepen their impact through the SDGs. This document is divided into two sections. The first section is an SDG Guidebook. It will introduce the SDGs and provide global, national and local context for the Goals. It will explain why Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) and community foundations are well positioned to align with the SDGs and how the SDGs can deepen collective impact.The Guidebook includes:* An overview of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs* How the global community came together to adopt the SDGs* Key concepts that underlie the SDG Framework and relevance to the work of community foundations* What CFC is doing to advance the SDGsThe second section of this document identifies practical approaches to align current work to the SDGs through an SDG Toolkit. In many cases, community foundations in Canada are already doing work towards meeting the SDGs, and the Toolkit is designed to show how to align current work with the SDG Framework.

Local Leadership, Global Impact: Community Foundations and the Sustainable Development Goals

February 5, 2018

Local Leadership, Global Impact: Community Foundations and the Sustainable Development Goals highlights the growing presence and impact of community foundations around the world and teaches community foundations how to apply the lens of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) to their work.The report recommends ten steps for community foundations to get started on using the SDGs as a tool to improve quality of life in their communities. These steps include learning about the SDGs, mapping the SDGs to local challenges, using data to create local goals, building cross-sector ownership of solutions and monitoring progress. The report also features case studies highlighting how community foundations around the world, from the United States and Canada to northeastern Brazil and Warsaw, Poland, have used the SDGs as a frame for their local work.

Generation Flux: Understanding the Seismic Shifts That Are Shaking Canada's Youth

October 1, 2012

Each year through the "Vital Signs" program, 49 Canadian community foundations produce local and national "Vital Signs" reports. This 2012 #GenerationFlux study concentrated on youth issues. Today's young people are growing up in an era of complexity and uncertainty. Changes have delayed, or even destroyed, the landmarks that once signaled a transition from one phase of life to another. Topics include: economic uncertainty; unemployment; economic disadvantage; tuition increases; developments in aboriginal youth communities; and physical and metal health issues. The values of young people, and the new skills that they're implementing, are explored.

Unleashing Youth Potential: Understanding and Growing Youth Participation in Philanthropy and Volunteerism

April 1, 2004

This paper attempts to situate youth in philanthropy in the context of the organizational culture and practices of Canadian community foundations. It will explore the challenges and opportunities presented by engaging young people in community foundations, based on the development of Vancouver Foundation's Youth in Philanthropy program in British Columbia, and its dissemination elsewhere in Canada. Youth in Philanthropy is a province-wide program established by Vancouver Foundation in late 1997 designed to involve young people in their communities and in philanthropy through involvement with local community foundations.

Discoveries: Bridging Principles and Practice (A Practical Guide to Explorations)

January 1, 2003

This is a practical guide to the publication "Explorations: Principles for Community Foundations" (2nd edition) and "The Community Foundation Difference". As Canadian community foundations explore their roles in endowment building, grantmaking and community leadership, they do so with the Principles for Community Foundations as a framework. The challenge is to bridge principles and practice. "Discoveries" provides examples of how a few community foundations in Canada are deepening their understanding of the connection between the principles and their day-to-day practice.

Philanthropy in a Global Community, Vol. 1 - Case Studies of Grantmaker Associations Around the World

December 1, 2002

This is part of a two-volume publication of case studies on the work of grantmaker associations and philanthropy support organizations. Volume 1, "Case Studies of Grantmaker Associations Around the World", includes seven case studies that profile ten associations supporting grantmakers at the multinational (regional), national, or subnational level. Volume 2, "Case Studies of Organizations Supporting Community Foundations", describes the work of eight organizations that promote and support community-based philanthropy. The purpose of this volume on grantmaker associations is to share the stories of the establishment and evolution of a representative group of associations and draw lessons from their experiences that will be useful for both existing and new associations in enhancing their capacity to promote and support philanthropy.

Philanthropy in a Global Community, Vol. 2 - Case Studies of Organizations Supporting Community Foundations

January 1, 2002

During 2001, WINGS-CF worked to develop a set of case studies describing the various forms of organizations supporting community foundations. From February to October, a WINGS-CF working group, UK-based consultant Diana Leat, and eight very different regional and national organizations assisting the development of community foundations in very different parts of the world, worked together to profile their organizations. The result is an overview, describing the key trends and lessons learned from the case studies, as well as eight individual profiles. The first section of each case study provides general background on the organization's structure,resources and activities, its involvement in community foundation development, and a picture of the environment of the region or country in which it is operating. The second section of each case study provides greater detail on an aspect of the organization, such as staffing, services for community foundations, or financial sustainability. The eight organizations included in the case study project between them illustrate the various forms of organizations supporting community foundations, capture regional/country differences, and describe organizations at different stages of development. The case studies are intended primarily to help strengthen WINGS-CF organizations in their work.They are also intended to be used as a partner piece with Volume 1 in this series, "Case Studies ofGrantmaker Associations Around the World".

Case Studies of Grantmaker Associations Around the World: A Case Study of a Multinational Association

January 1, 2002

This article explains what the European Foundation centre is, and the issues and challenges it faces. It further deals wit how EFC connects with development inititaives in other parts of the world, including Africa.

Explorations: Principles for Community Foundations

January 1, 2002

This document outlines ten principles that represent the heart and soul of how community foundations strive to strengthen their communities. It is designed to help board members, staff and other volunteers explore new ideas and directions. It was developed for community foundations, but other grantmakers and organizations involved in community leadership may also find it useful. A short version is also available in French.

Principes Régissant Le Leadership Communautaire

January 1, 2002

This document outlines ten principles that represent the heart and soul of how community foundations strive to strengthen their communities. It is designed to help board members, staff and other volunteers explore new ideas and directions. It was developed for community foundations, but other grantmakers and organizations involved in community leadership may also find it useful. A longer version is also available in English.

Philanthropy in a Global Community. Volume 1, Case Studies of Grantmaker Associations Around the World

January 1, 2002

This first volume in a two volume series on the work of grantmaker support associations and philanthropy support organisations includes seven case studies that profile ten associations supporting grantmakers at the multinational, national or subnational level. An introductory essay examines the value of grantmaker support associations.